Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Plenary

GA/9297

CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CAN MARK BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, PRESIDENT TELLS OPENING MEETING

16 September 1997


Press Release
GA/9297


CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CAN MARK BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, PRESIDENT TELLS OPENING MEETING

19970916 Says Members Have Chance to Revitalize World Body To Meet Mounting Challenges, 'Reunite the United Nations'

Following is the text of the inaugural address given today by Hennadiy Udovenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as President of the fifty- second session of the General Assembly:

GA/9294

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS FIFTY-SECOND SESSION

The fifty-second General Assembly could be "a watershed session" in which Member States would have the chance to revitalize the United Nations and enable it to address the mounting challenges it faced, its newly-elected President, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), said at the opening meeting this afternoon.

GA/9290

COUNCIL, ONLY UN BODY WITH EXECUTIVE POWERS

10 September 1997


Press Release
GA/9290
PI/1028


COUNCIL, ONLY UN BODY WITH EXECUTIVE POWERS

19970910 In Address to DPI/NGO Conference, Razali Ismail (Malaysia) Says Governments/NGOs Productive Partnerships Are Exception and Not Norm at UN

GA/9287

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES HORROR OVER BOMBING IN JERUSALEM, EMPHASIZES NEED TO REACH OUT FOR PEACE

31 July 1997


Press Release
GA/9287


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES HORROR OVER BOMBING IN JERUSALEM, EMPHASIZES NEED TO REACH OUT FOR PEACE

19970731

Following is a statement made this morning in the General Assembly by Assembly President Razali Ismail (Malaysia):

As President of the General Assembly, I must express shock and horror over the deaths and injuries as a result of the bombing in Jerusalem. Our heart must go to the bereaved and we extend our condolences.